Semi - WW - Rylie Girl

Thank you all so much for your advice and recommendations yesterday. Ryan and I are lining up a realtor, applying for a mortgage/loans and a whole slew of other things. At least at this point it looks like we may be able to add a little more to our budget (yay!) but we shall see.

Last night was Bunco (!!) so my neighbor and resident sanity keeper Carrie watched Rylie for me. While I was gone Rylie girl enjoyed playing with Carrie's boxer Poncho and cat Skyler (her first feline experience). Apparently they ran around and played the entire time I was gone. Of coruse I have to drag her home as someone did not want to leave and proceeded to run around my apartment like a loony before running in circles chasing her own tail.



Then I took a shower and Rylie laid in the bathroom nearby. I think a combination of the running, the heat, the chasing the tail and maybe a littel dehydration made what happened next come into play. I heard a grumbling sound. At first I thought it was the pipes in the wall. Then I thought it was me. Then I realized it was Rylie. Before I could do anything she threw up on my bathroom rug. Ryan wanted to know why I didn't run her outside... um, because I was in a towel? Anyway it was not that bad and she seemed perfectly fine after. I think it was just a combination of everything to make the perfect storm.

Sigh.


Anyway, onto the Wordless Wednesday part.

Carrie took some AMAZING pictures of Rylie when they were hanging out and emailed them to me. I was so excited, I really do love these pictures. Thank you Carrie!






Puppy yawns!!! I love these!






PS - How did my little pup pup go from this...


To this in just over a month?! She is growing up so fast!

Go Big Blue!

Rylie and I are having a pretty low key weekend. Tonight, we are watching the Giants/Packers game!



She did not like wearing my shirt. She got revenge by peeing on the carpet. Putz.



But now she seems into it! Between chewing her giraffe and stealing my sneakers from the bedroom and bringing them to me (aka me chasing her down and getting them back) we have moments where she is watching tv. Rylie could not be more my dog if she tried! It is too cute.

GO BIG BLUE!!!! Let's do this!

New Milspouse by J

J's blog It's a Dog Tag Wife Life is one of the newer ones I have stumbled upon lately and I love it! She is a terrific writer and a brand new MilSpouse! Congratulations on your recent wedding and welcome to the life. Your entry definitely made me go, "Awww..." (:

Hi there, I'm J from over at It's a Dog Tag Wife Life. Thanks so much to Allie for having me and good luck with your surgery! I'm actually a very new military spouse. We were married on 1/1/11. Cool, huh? And it was an awesome wedding. But that's not what I want to talk about. It's remembering why you're having a wedding. Several years ago the hunny (my other half) and I met. Actually, we got married on our third anniversary, but I digress. Before the wedding, there was a lot of stress. Things his mom wanted, things my mom wanted. Our guest list spiraling out of control (we wanted 100 guests and had around 150). Any bride can tell you there is stress. One of my best friends had to change her ceremony location two weeks before her wedding because the beach she had booked had a jazz festival going on that same night!

As I was sitting there, two nights before our wedding, crying my eyes out because our printer wasn't working and it was 2 am and I couldn't print our stupid programs, the hunny came in and helped me out. He didn't yell at me for being overly emotional. He didn't ask me how I broke the printer (which I hadn't, it just didn't like the thick paper). He didn't even give me a sigh of frustration. He just came in, took over calmly, and got as many programs done as he could that night.

When he saw me crying, he turned in the chair and had me come sit on his lap. He then told me, "It doesn't matter if these programs don't get printed. It doesn't matter if our flowers don't arrive. It doesn't matter if your dress isn't perfect or none of our guests show up. Our wedding is about us getting married and that's the most important thing." ::Collective "Awwwww"::

And it helped. I had been so caught up in the planning and the stressing that when it really came down to it, none of it did matter. As long as he and I were married by the end of the day, that was the most important thing. And I remind myself through our times as we go along, that since he loves me (and I him) that we can get through everything. Because the world might be crumbling around us, and some days it will feel like that, but we have each other.

So for all you ladies out there who have husbands that are abroad serving, or even home (because that's no picnic either) remember why you got married. It's not for the increase in BAH or to get benefits. It all started because you loved each other and that should help you get through deployments, PCSing, and every other thing that will get thrown your way.

And yes, I do still have stars in my eyes and that's why it's such a lovey post.

The Countdown Continues

I went and picked up our marriage license today! The lady at the municipal building is so nice, she is coming in on a Saturday so we can sign them with our witness. Ryan obviously can't be here on weekends so this was really a nice thing for her to do!

This weekend we're going to hopefully have our last meeting with Father Tom and then meet with Brett, the music director at the church and pick out our music.

Sam contacted me today to start letting me in on my bachelorette party. I am pretty excited. We're going to go to a winery and do a sleepover at my cousin Jill's lake house. It sounds perfect. I am not a big bar person so going out and doing bachlorette dares while bar hopping and all that isn't me. I can handle A bar, or a pub, but I am not a huge drinker with my stomach as it is. Just having fun with my girls is all that matters. I am all for going crazy with them! I am not sure on the rest of the particulars yet, but I am really looking forward to it.

I cannot believe it is only 23 days away!!

And just to share a little bit of why I love Ryan so much, a peek at our text exchange this morning:

Ryan: Hey cutie, whatcha doin?
Allie: Work.
Ryan: Good news.
Allie: What?
long wait
Allie: Wait, good news that I am working or something else?
Ryan: No! I just saved a bunch of money using Geico!
Allie: ...you are such a dork! How long have you been waiting to use that one?
Ryan: Lol for EV ER
Allie: Want smore?
Ryan: Smore what?
Allie: You're killing me smalls!

Sandlot anyone? Ok, we are both dorky and accept it!